Oregon Rural Action 7/27/26 Oregon Rural Action 7/27/26

Oregon DOJ levies fresh allegations over local officials’ data center ‘scheme’

The Oregon Department of Justice filed civil charges against the eight defendants a year ago , following an investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive . The news organization found that the directors of a local nonprofit had arranged to sell Windwave to themselves and that the assumptions they used to set the purchase price didn’t account for the value of Windwave’s business with Amazon.

Oregon Rural Action 7/22/26 Oregon Rural Action 7/22/26

Why data centers pose an outsized threat to Eastern Oregon’s air quality

Across the country, Amazon, Google and other tech companies have stocked up on diesel generators to keep their data centers humming during power outages. Like diesel-powered buses, these generators chug out black exhaust full of air pollutants that can cause cancer, asthma and heart disease.

Oregon Rural Action 6/26/26 Oregon Rural Action 6/26/26

A small Eastern Oregon community continues fighting for safe water

It’s been over four years since West Glen tap water tests revealed its well water was contaminated with dangerous levels of nitrates.

Oregon Rural Action 6/9/26 Oregon Rural Action 6/9/26

Federal judge clears path for Eastern Oregon nitrate pollution lawsuit to go to trial

A federal judge has cleared the path for a lawsuit accusing the Port of Morrow, a power company, and agricultural businesses of polluting the groundwater in the Lower Umatilla Basin to move forward.

Oregon Rural Action 6/9/26 Oregon Rural Action 6/9/26

Federal judge allows class action over eastern Oregon water pollution to move forward

Eastern Oregon residents who have lived for years with contaminated water can move forward with a class action lawsuit against the Port of Morrow and large food processors in the area, a federal judge ruled.

Oregon Rural Action 6/8/26 Oregon Rural Action 6/8/26

Eastern Oregon groundwater contamination lawsuit moves forward

PENDLETON — The lawsuit accusing the Port of Morrow, commercial farms and operators of contaminating groundwater in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area can move forward.

Oregon Rural Action 5/25/26 Oregon Rural Action 5/25/26

L’IA : une gestion de l’eau trouble (AI: Murky Water Management)

Please Note: Both the article & video are in French.

Secret des données d’utilisation d’eau potable dans une municipalité, pressions sur le système hydrique et impact sur les saumons…

Oregon Rural Action 4/27/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/27/26

Nonprofit Burnout and Boundaries: Amy Busch on Staying Human in the Work

There’s a moment many nonprofit professionals recognize. It is when the work you care about deeply starts to feel heavier than you expected. Amy Busch knows that feeling well. She has also learned what helps carry it.

Oregon Rural Action 4/27/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/27/26

Data Centers And Industrial Farming Are Fueling A Groundwater Crisis, with Kaleb Lay

Rural Oregonians are being forced to drink contaminated water while corporations expand unchecked.

Oregon Rural Action 4/26/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/26/26

Data Centers and Ground Water Pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin

Pollution from industrialized agriculture, confined animal feeding operations, and processed food factories, has caused a decades-long public health crisis in the Lower Umatilla Basin.

Oregon Rural Action 4/14/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/14/26

Amazon plans another data center southwest of Tri-Cities

Planning officials in Oregon’s Morrow County recently approved a proposal from Amazon to build a data center campus with buildings encompassing 816,000 square feet just east of the Boardman Airport.

Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26

Boardman residents push for city water as contamination concerns grow

NonStop Local - Tri-Cities/Yakima

Eli Kern

Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26

Amazon to pay $20M to settle lawsuit over Morrow County's nitrate-contaminated water

Morrow County residents alleged getting sick after Amazon contributed to nitrate pollution by trying to cool the companies' computers at their data centers.

Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26

Boardman residents push for city water as contamination concerns grow

Amazon has settled with the residents of Morrow County, Oregon, on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $20.5 million for the company’s alleged contributions to the region’s nitrate pollution from its data centers.

Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26 Oregon Rural Action 4/1/26

Amazon reaches $20.5 million settlement in LUBGWMA contamination lawsuit

PENDLETON – Legal counsel representing residents in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area announced a preliminary $20.5 million settlement with Amazon Data Services on Tuesday, addressing a lawsuit that alleged the company’s data centers contributed to nitrate contamination in Morrow and Umatilla counties.

Oregon Rural Action 3/31/26 Oregon Rural Action 3/31/26

Amazon settles Oregon data center pollution lawsuit for $20.5m

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